Capitol Hill Blue Forums Misc. Topics Food, Drink and Cooking Wonder what the poor folks are eatin' tonight?

Romney: "I'm Not Concerned About the Very Poor"

Shut it greger, Romney dont give a f*ck

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There must be a pork glut these days: My wife keeps buying spiral-cut hams at Costco, even though we have already polished off a couple over the last month. She says she can't resist because they are only 99 cents/pound.

Enjoy it while it lasts. Prices have been really good around here on pork loin, Boston butt, pork roast, center cut chops, ribs, and ham. The price of beef, however, keeps rising. Incidentally, I had pork vindaloo for dinner.

The "Poor Folks" are probably eatng better than my family, if today's visit to a new Walmart Super Store is any indicator ! We also noted selections in the grocery section seem biased toward Hispanic culture and whatever comprises "yuppie/yippie/youth tastes. Most unusual for this highly competitive market ! >Mech

Speaking of Walmart... Grocery Prices here are skyrocketing. We watch our food bill closely, and are finding that increases or reduced packaging/quantity/weight factors have added about 20% since October.

The fear that local merchants had when Walmart came in... that after Walmart owned the market, the prices would rise uncontrollably seems to be coming true. Our small town has lost two Major Markets (Jewel, Econofoods).

KMart, Target, Big Lots, The Dollar Tree, and even our Menard's and Rural King (like Lowes amd Tractor Supply) are selling food... but all at high prices.

What passes for Farmers' Market has prices beyond the reach of middle class. Lettuce @ $1.75/head, tomatoes @ $2.50/lb.,etc.
Organic be damned.

Even our local Aldi's and Sav a Lot prices have increased, but are still about 25% or more below Walmart.

Costco and Sams are too distant, and our quantity needs are less than offered anyway.

The strangest part is that no one seems to talk about these price increases.

Commodities and Energy... not subject to supply/demand.

Your thoughts on food prices?

I've always assumed that food prices were directly related to energy prices. Diesel fuel, both on and off road, electricity to process and keep food fresh, fertilizer requires a huge amount of energy both in mining and synthesizing. And good old corporate price gouging is always a factor too.
When the peasants are down...kick 'em.

Blessed Imolc everyone! I've been working on the feast for three days now. We'll start with a cheeseboard featuring a Spanish Manchego made from sheep's milk, a couple of Irish cheeses and a few other nice sampling of imported and domestic artisan cheeses, Some rugelach filled with ground sunflower seeds and Pecorino Romano cheese.
Then a rich lamb stew with Irish soda bread, next a salad of Spring greens with a papaya chutney dressing.
The entree will be lambchops with a balsamic citrus reduction sauce, neeps and tatties and Brussels sprouts. Afterward home made ice cream pecan pie or chocolate lava cake. I've also made some butterscotch pudding just in case someone hasn't got room for a large dessert.
Then perhaps a glass of port, or whiskey.

Food prices be damned, a good feast is not to be skimped on.

I made biscuits with sausage gravy for breakfast yesterday. It turned out very tasty. Mr. Scoutgal ate about half(I made 8 biscuits-NOT Pillsbury), I had two left over, so this morning, I reheated them, and had them with homemade blueberry jam and butter.

Do the neep and tatties donors complain? Ouch!

Greger~Could you please post your butterscotch pudding recipe here?